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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:20 PM Original message |
Obama pardons Courage the turkey - "I was planning to eat this sucker." |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. "I was planning to eat this sucker." How presidential. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. well, he was a teenager in the |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You're right----I posted in haste. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Consider option B |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I remember that |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Sorry, but in this case what is the difference? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:05 PM Original message |
So do you |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. Now, now...you mustn't ask such questions...truly. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. it is amazing how much you assume and project on to me. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. +1 n/t |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. You're...you're kidding, right? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Well, I think he sounds great. One should not always stand on one's dignity. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. +1 |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Me too, he seemed to be having some fun in all of it from what I saw |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. i do too, it's cute, heck, people, it's the ritual PARDONING OF THE TURKEY |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
71. Me too. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Pardoning turkeys is srs bzns. nt |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. How normal that sounds |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. President Bartlett pardoned a turkey this morning on Bravo |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Didn't he draft it too? (nt) |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. The President pardoned... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was hoping Obama would personally chop the turkey's head off to show resolve to the Islamists |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. They're confusing me saying Disneyland, and saying Orlando - I guess he's going to both? lol |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I should have read more closely -- Turkeys can fly? |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. I know, right? It's just going to embolden the other turkeys! |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sad, sounds more like something that * would say. N/T |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. It's the Turkey pardoning, not the global climate change summit. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Actually, it sounds like someone making a joke might say. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The whole pardoning the turkey dance is ridiculous. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. You know, I doubt that anyone really cares whether you |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Decaf... try it! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Psych-o! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I think Carolina won the lottery. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. So it appears. |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. "Perhaps you just dislike Obama generally." |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Well, anyone who refers to the President of The United States |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. I would have killed the turkey and donated it to the homeless. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. hey, times are tough! |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Obama actually made a comment about how many homeless that turkey would feed! |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Normally, I can cut him some slack for his quips... |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Do you object to humans eating animals, or just factory farming? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. President Obama is not a vegetarian. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Thanks for your comment. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Maybe he should have referred to it as |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. LOL I love when jerks treat animals with more respect than people. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Ain't it a hoot? There's one wing of the extreme vegetarians |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. You got it. n/m |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Those things should go hand in hand |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. So I'm guessing poor Carolina is dinner then |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yah, I think so. Poor Carolina. I wonder if they made the choice |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. no |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Oh, good. They're both saved! Huzzah! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Waitasec. People are bashing Obama over THIS? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Oh, you betcher sweet bippy they are. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. That's such a versatile collage, isn't it? (nt) |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. Turkeys are not really pardoned |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. Am I going to have to see this added to his list |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. How silly you appear when you say things like that. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Actually, Bush I was the first guy to start that tradition, 20 years ago. nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Wrong. n/t |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. you got a link to go with that "wrong"? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
67. Please refer to your own sig line. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. Obama should've just pardoned the bird |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. "I was planning to eat this sucker." |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Prez was a hoot this morning. And the girls were as cute as ever. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. The whole thing was cute. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. President George H.W. Bush, in 1989, started this tradition. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Wrong. n/t |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. From Snopes |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Then Snopes is wrong. Try the story put out today by |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. More info |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
64. Meh |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. yep |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Elegantly put. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
68. He made a joke. Oh noes. He's not super serious all the time. Time to get the panties bunched. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. clearly some folks have lost their minds, if they are getting their thongs in a wad over this..jeez |
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